'Politico' Names Carrie Budoff Brown Editor
- by Sara Guaglione , July 12, 2016
Politico’s Carrie Budoff Brown will become the next editor of the publication. Her new position was announced in a staff note yesterday by editor-in-chief and publisher John Harris. Brown will replace Susan Glasser after she moves to Jerusalem with her husband this November.
In January, Publishers Daily reported that
five influential names in Washington, D.C.’s media world were exiting Politico this year, leaving many to wonder about the future of the magazine's leadership.
Co-founder and CEO Jim VandeHei, top political reporter Mike Allen, COO Kim Kingsley, CRO Roy Schwartz and executive vice president for expansion Danielle Jones will all exit the publication by November.
After overseeing coverage of the U.S. presidential election, Glasser will move to Israel with her husband, Peter Baker, The New York Times’ new
Jerusalem bureau chief. However, she will stay with the company, taking on the titles of Politico director of editorial innovation and chief foreign affairs columnist.
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“This was the most serious deliberation on a leadership choice undertaken during Politico’s first decade,” Harris wrote in the staff memo announcing Brown’s new
role as editor.
Harris said in his search for the next editor, he looked for someone who “understands and represents” Politico values, will “protect
and expand” its new platforms and “believes that great journalism and publication-building should be a joyfully collaborative enterprise.”
Brown was key to the
recent launch of PoliticoEurope, which Harris cited as an important factor in her being chosen as the new editor. She currently oversees its bureaus in Brussels, Berlin, London and Paris.
Brown “has a vision for the next chapter of our Politico journalism as we enter our second decade that [Politico cofounder and CEO Robert Allbritton) and I
found exhilarating,” Harris wrote.
Brown joined Politico when it launched in 2007. She previously served as the publication’s White House
correspondent.
Harris noted that as a cofounder, Brown “has Politico in her blood, and her passion and protectiveness is like that of a parent for a child.”
